South Dakota § 9-20-11 Date of election on referendum petition--No action taken pending election.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 9-20-11 — Date of election on referendum petition--No action taken pending election.

South Dakota § 9-20-11

Title 9MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 9-18INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 9-20-11 (2026).

Text

The governing body shall, upon the presentation of a petition pursuant to § 9-20-6 , submit the question to the electors at the next annual municipal election or the next general election, whichever is earlier. Pending the election, the governing body may take no action with respect to the subject matter of the petition that would alter or preempt the effect of the proposed petition. However, the governing body may expedite the date of the election by ordering, within ten days of receiving the petition, a special election to be held on a Tuesday not less than thirty days from the date of the order of the governing body.

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The governing body shall, upon the presentation of a petition pursuant to § 9-20-6 , submit the question to the electors at the next annual municipal election or the next general election, whichever is earlier. Pending the election, the governing body may take no action with respect to the subject matter of the petition that would alter or preempt the effect of the proposed petition. However, the governing body may expedite the date of the election by ordering, within ten days of receiving the petition, a special election to be held on a Tuesday not less than thirty days from the date of the order of the governing body.

Legislative History

SL 1899, ch 94, § 2; RPolC 1903, § 1215; SL 1913, ch 119, § 39; RC 1919, § 6254; SDC 1939, § 45.1011; SL 1947, ch 198; SL 1977, ch 68, § 8; SL 1980, ch 67, § 2; SL 1983, ch 53, § 6; SL 1995, ch 47, § 1.